Build container with JEDI libraries weekly

[CoryMartin-NOAA]

Description

Add a GitHub action to build a container with key JEDI libraries already compiled/installed

Companion PRs

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Issues

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Automated CI tests to run in Global Workflow

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[RussTreadon-NOAA]

I don't know much about containers, but this looks neat. Two simple questions:

1. where will the container be stored / pushed?
2. on which machines / how will developers use the container?

Do we want to temporarily change the cron date to 19Z today (cron: '0 19 * * 4) to ensure that the changes automatically and correctly run as intended?

Approve.

[CoryMartin-NOAA]

@RussTreadon-NOAA I've temporarily made it run on push so that I can debug
For 2) we can run containers on HPC (Mark Potts had a presentation from a year ago or so), but the bigger thing will be taking advantage of GitHub actions and codespaces further. We can test building GDASApp on Github more quickly if the core JEDI libraries are already compiled separately.

1. GitHub apparently stores them!

[CoryMartin-NOAA]

@RussTreadon-NOAA https://github.com/noaa-emc/GDASApp/pkgs/container/gdasapp

[CoryMartin-NOAA]

Documentation for HPC @guillaumevernieres @RussTreadon-NOAA https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Dqb5SYGSK_fe_WqxIkFAh8r0sWA3hGXa_EoP5Go1oII/edit?usp=sharing

[weihuang-jedi]

I see there are discussions about use container here, and Cory shared Mark Potts's way, or we call it externalizing container to compile and run GDASApp (or Global-Workflow, in general).
Based on chats with Jacob and Rahul (Mark included), Jacob and Rahul are more interested in a way I am working on, which we can it shell-in. Here is a document about this approach:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1gLlUuxxitqLi4oI0OJ1rl4Ik1qJMuZI9/edit?slide=id.p1#slide=id.p1
If you any here is interested on such topic, I'd be glad to work with.
Thank you,
Wei

[CoryMartin-NOAA]

Thanks @weihuang-jedi for the additional information!

[weihuang-jedi]

Similar PPT and an helllo-world example of using container can be find at:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Cc9uYKohSE2L_eUeMxFXfYCzImbhYsHN/edit?slide=id.p13#slide=id.p13
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1GgKMKGIgDMjenz-YTSqEQacrm40O16Ol/edit?slide=id.p1#slide=id.p1